SANIA MIRZA seeded 31, beat Uzbeki Iroda Tulyaganova - wildcard entrant, 6-4, 6-2.

Sania had to struggle lttle in the first set, where she failed to cash on two break points and committed 11 unforced errors. However Tulyaganova's inexperience helped Sania to wrap the first set in 40 minutes in her favor 6-4.

The 21 year old indian, found her touch in the second set. Broke Tulyaganova twice and wraped the set 6-2  in just 29 minutes.

Sania Mirza will meet Timea Bacsinszky from Switzerland in the second round match before she possibly meet eighth seed American Venus Williams in the theird round.